Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky poses during a rendez-vous at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky poses during a rendez-vous at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
Culture /  Film & TV

Not yet midnight for cult Chilean filmmaker, 87, who spawned late-night cinema

Age is an illusion, says surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky, who created the midnight movie with acid western El Topo, and is partway through five-film adaptation of his memoirs

Associated Press
Associated Press

Updated: 10:00am, 18 Jun, 2016

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Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky poses during a rendez-vous at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky poses during a rendez-vous at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE
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